Dance: Ca' The Ewes Tae The Knowes

32-bar Strathspey
2 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

Thomas (19C) Wilson (1816)

Formations:

Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Allemande for 2 couples (ALLMND;2C;)
Rights and Lefts (R&L)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.

Steps:

Strathspey travel
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Published in:

Book 16 [8] *
Pocket: Books 16,17,18 [8]
99 More Scottish Country Dances [9]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [24]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [23]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [29]

Recommended Music:

Mrs Blair (of Blair) (Robert Macintosh)
Miss Marianne Oliphant of Rossie (Robert Macintosh)

Recordings (6): Show tunes

Book 16. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 8 [pace 62.9]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 1 (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 12 [pace 62.9]
Scottish Dance Masters, The Vol 2 (Ron Gonnella & Iain MacPhail), track 7
Australian Ladies (Harp and Claymore), track 7
Preliminary Test (Muriel A Johnstone), track 11
The Vallin Suite 1 (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 67.1]

Crib

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